Shawl-coat



L. KATZMAN.

SHAWL COAT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-9.1919.

1,878,248., Patented Mar. 29,1921.

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SHAWL COAT. APPLICATION FILED 1120.9. 1919.

1,3?3,248. Patented Mar. 29, 1921;

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LOUIS KATZMAN, OF NEW YORK, Y.'

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Application filed December 9,1919. Serial No. 343,677.

To elite/10min may, concern: I

Be it known that l, LOUIS KATZMAN, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of the city of New York, borough of Mair hattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shawl-Coat, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to arments andhas particular reference to outerbody garments worn by women or children.

i The primary object of the invention is to provide a neat and stylishappearing as well as comfortable garment in the nature of a coat sfashioned as to be made from a single rectangular piece of material, andwith practically no waste parts.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a means whereby two coatsmay be easily and economically fashioned from a single rectangular pieceof material such as a shawl, blanket, or steamer rug.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means whereby a neat,comfortable and stylish garment may be easily cut and garment made inaccordance with this in vent-ion.

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a blank indicating tile manner of cutting twogarments from a single rectangular piece of material.

Figs. 4 and 5 are diagrammatic perspective views indicating successivesteps in the shaping or assembling of each garment after being cut asshown in Fig. 3.

Referring now more specifically to the blank in Fig. 3 I show arectangular piece of goods of any suitable material adapted for themaking of a garment of one ply construction, said blank for examplebeing approximately sixty by eighty inches. The

rectangular piece of materialmay first be cut longitudinally along itscentral part either at the center or on opposite sides of the center asshown inFig. 3 along the lines which are parallel and equally spacedfrom the extreme edges of the material. I thusprovidefour cufl' members11 and also '1 indicate at the center of the figure four square pocketpatches. It. will be understood that if theoriginal piece of materialwere to be out along itscenter two suitable garments could be made ifdesired without cufi extensions for the sleeves or pockets, but thebeauty of the garment is enhanced materially byusing these additionalfeatures.

The blank is then marked and cut as shown in Fig. 3 to form twocompletegarments both. of which may be exactly alike in size, although byvarying the position of. the cuts somewhat the fit of the garment may bevaried to suit the individual wearer if desired. For the purpose of.this descrip onewill be understood: as being applicable to bothgarments.

The garment pattern 1s slotted at 18 along its central part and parallelto the line 10, the space between the slot 13 andthe line 10 beingsuitable for the formation of a collar roll 1 The slot 13 is formed withone straight out at 15 and an ogee curved line 16 which isprovi ded witha plurality of darts 17 so as to make the effective length of the oge e16 substantially equal to the length of the straight line 15 when thedarts are closed and the slot edges are sewed together as shown in Figs.4 and 5. This construction provides a suitable shape for the garment atthe neck.

The original outer edge of the pattern, the edge remote from andparallel to the line 1.0 is then cut at 18 with two straight parallelcuts at right angles to the said outer edge and at equal distances fromthe ends of the pattern forming thereby the back 19 and the two rearskirt members 20. of said skirt members are brought together to form therear vertical back seam, the points 22 being brought together andcoinciding with the center point 23 of the lower edge 24 of the backmember 19. The edge 25 formed at the lateral end of the back member 19is looped to form the sleeve, the points The edges 21- sired.

the short edge 28 formed by a transverse slit 29 coincides with theextreme end pon tion 24: of the lower edge '24 of the back, to form thein-seam of the sleeve. The re maining portion of the edge 24 is thenmade to coincide with all of the edges of the skirt portions from thepoints 22 to the extreme inner closed ends of the slits '29. The lengthof the waist line 24 is shorter than these lines from the points 22along the upper edges of the skirt portions 2Q andconsequently'said'skirt portions are gathered or Shirred vertically asindicated in 2 to take care of'the surplus material and form a certainfullness over the hips. The edges 21 may or may not be sewed together asmay be desired.

The patch pockets 12 obviously may be attached at any desired points,two for each garment. he cuff members 11 correspond in lengthsubstantially to the length of the slit 18 sot-hat when the cuff membersare formed into tubular shape one end thereof will be adapted to beattached directly to the circular edge 25 or: the sleeve.

Fromthe foregoing it will be understood that two snappy, stylish andcomfortable garmentsinay be easily cutand' made from a singlerectangularpiece of material such as a blanket or steamerrug, with theutmost "facility, and with practically no waste'niaterial or thenecessity for other materialao complete the garments. This shawl coatdoes not require buttons, although they 'or other fastening devices maybe used il de- Qrdinarily however ,I find that a 'ea ther belt 30, orits equivalent, may easily be attached to keep the front of the garmentclosed.

I claim:

l. The herein described method of forming two complete body garmentsfrom a to each other and at equal distances from the ends of the stripand then forming from the portion of the strip between the slits theback of the garment, while the two end portions formed by the slits arebrought together at the center of the back to form the skirt portion ofthe garment.

2. The herein described method of forming ,a body garment from a singlerectangular blank, th same comprising first the slitting of the blankalong one edge with slits parallel to and at equal distances from theends of the blank, said slits being continued at their inner ends towardeach other and parallel to the aforesaid edge, then forming of thesleeves from the portions of the blank outlined by the several slits,while that portion of the blank between the sleeves-forms the back, andfinally causing the end portions of the blank to cooperate with theedges of the back portion to form the skirt.

3. The herein described method of forming a garment from a single pieceof material, said method comprising the formation of a slot parallel toand not far remote from one edge of the piece, the slot being providedwith bounding edges of dilferent lengths secondly, the forming of dartsalong the longer edge of the slot to cause the edges to be made ofsubstantially uniform length for direct union with each other, andfinally assembling the material along said slot and darts to form theneck portionof the garment with more fullness on one side of the slotthan the other.

LOUIS KATZMAN.

